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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spiritual Safety Tip!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that I can’t tell if this is parody or not is sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If You Want Me To Support You, Form A Union⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As I noted, there is also a lot more money involved in movie production compared to retail. On the actor/writer side, you have more individuals involved who don’t risk starving when they form a union, and on the studio side, they can less afford to delay or trash shows and movies. Compare that to, for example, walmart workers who likely have little in the way of savings, nonetheless funding to establish a union, and work for a company that could close down a dozen stores to kill a union an not even notice it in their balance sheet.

  Again, I’m not saying they shouldn’t unionize, but given the enviroment, the system is stacked against them. Blaming vulnerable workers for not unionizing is like saying the poor don’t have money because they didn’t work hard enough, or didn’t invest in the right things. Instead of blaming them, we need to be looking at ways to support them. This might be pushing legislators to improve workers rights and social safety nets, it might be helping them to join larger unions (such as how a lot of IT workers end up covered by other unions), or it might be providing more tools and education on how to organize into unions, ultimately, the important thing is recognizing that these are people who need help and trying to offer it to them rather than jist telling them to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If You Want Me To Support You, Form A Union⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Its a lot easier said than done, esspecially in an easy-to-enter, oversaturated field like tech or retail. There are so many workers, its hard to organize on a meaningful scale, and the barrier to entry is often low enough that the company can fire the whole team and have a new one overnight. So far as I can think of, the only fields sharing a similar low barrier to entry and abundance of workers, that has successfully unionised are all in hollywood, with things like writting and acting, where there was far more money involved.

  Thats not to say people shouldn’t unionise or that its impossible, but given the current state of the economy its also absurd to directly put blame on those who are most vulnerable and most likely to face retaliation.

  If you’re going to victum blame, it should really be on senior staff that harder to replace, and other unions for not showing more support. Or, you could just blame the people actually responsible: the rich and powerful who built and maintain the current system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why don't Americans use electric kettles?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  He addresses this some. 120v is still a lot faster than boiling water on the stove. Coffee makers are significant, but boiling water in a microwave is generally a bad idea, given the risk of superheating (not that people don’t do it.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A decentralised game hub?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Its technically doable, but it wouldn’t be easy. The problem isn’t in making federated user authentication or servers, its just making a game that is flexable enough with powerful enough modding tools to be worth using compared to just making a game from scratch.

  As a simplified example, lets say you want the default mechanics set of your game to be a first person shooter. This means you use 3D graphics, optimized for higher-detail enviroments and include features that would be most useful for that, such as a simple optimized 3D physics system, and tools for making detailed 3D levels.

  In this new game, someone wants to make a 2D platformer. What additional tools will they need? A way to lock physics to two dimensions, or possibly even a new physics system entirely, A way to manipulate the camera separate from what the game started with, an orthographic camera, possibly a new lighting system, possibly different optimization techniques, the ability for the modder to replace the player controller and change it’s mechanics entirely, and the tools to use all these to make new levels.

  By that point, you’re half way to making a new game engine, and the modder is 90% of the way to just making a standalone game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was my ex really sorry/guilty?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If he blames you for his grooming of you, he’s not sorry. He might feel guilty (or might not), but if he’s refusing to accept blame, it doesn’t matter; He doesn’t feel sorry and doesn’t want to change his behavior.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are ghosts never racist?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I expect its mostly just because its unpleasant and taboo.

  That said, they do show up occasionally in more adult-oriented movies. The Shining is an example that immediately comes to mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are you here and not on Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like you’re talking about communities versus user. In the same way Reddit had u/xxxx for users, and r/xxxx for subreddits, its u/xxxx for users and c/xxxx for communities (our subreddit equivalent.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I weird for avoiding flying on prop planes, and only fly on jets?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know at least one person like that. They won’t outright avoid prop planes, and they know its illogical, but the idea of flying on one still makes them nervous.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hbomberguy but the questions get worse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe Jack has done a bit for his anti-freebooting campaign, but to my knowledge, it hasn’t been much and this is by-far the most formal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ive won a game but I'm not a gamer is there a way of donating it to lemmy somehow?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m assumimg you have a store key.

  You could post to one of the relevant communities for game giveaaways, such as !freegames@feddit.uk or !Randomactsofgaming@lemm.ee

  Standard practice is to pretty much just say what game you’re offering, and the dm the key to a random respondent after a day or two.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lemmy was originally founded by political extremists who wantted a space for their politics (tankies.) Its since grown past that, but that inflence is still present in many ways, most prominently in the influences of .ml. On top of this, politics is something inflammatory (and thus engaging) that affects everyone. Because its both engaging and broad-appeal, its going to be something everyone talks about. On the other hand, many niches, aside from being niche are often less inherently engaging (IE talking about a finished TV show). This makes it very hard to get the critical mass needed for a community to snowball into relevance. This means that (effectively) all you’re left with is the political communities and a couple niches that are broad appeal enough and have active enough users to be stable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨is it ableist to “support equal rights and those with disabilities” but think someone is terrible and doesn’t deserve rights for showing signs of a disability?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, its ableist. Excluding, insulting or discriminating against people for disability is basically the definition, reguardless of what they claim. Saying they’re not ableist doesn’t change it, any more than saying something like, “I’m not racist, but…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Counter-Strike 2: Mission Possible update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, I like the weekly missions. Back in GO, when there was more discussion about the lack of willingness of players to learn/play new maps, this is one of the solutions I proposed. Its a good, non-invasive way to incentivize playing new and different maps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Counter-Strike 2: Mission Possible update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, in this case it was a complete technical overhaul. Graphically and technically, its much more flexable and more modern.

  It is an Overwatch 2 situation in that it had more of its content removed compared to CS:GO though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Catholic dating culture often mistaken for incel-style pessimistic desperation?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never seen it described or practiced anything like that. If anything, I’ve seen it having almost the opposite reputation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone ever clicked on a reference url from OpenAI that didn't 404?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Sometimes I get random unrelated stuff instead of 404s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I remember right, Fan Fiction is a sort-of copyright grey area. The characters are owned by the original company, but the remaining working is owned by the fan. Neither side has full ownership, and technically, publishing or sharing it (without both side’s permission) is copyright infringement.

  Now, for use of existing intellectual property, the rules are the same. The difference is that anything generated by AI isn’t made by anyone, and thus can’t be owned. As such any IP owned by the company is owned by them, but anything unique from the AI is public domain.

• Could someone help me figure out how the activity stats on the sidebar are calculated?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: I want a law for PC games to be offered in physical versions again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pphysical copies are kinda besides the point in terms of ownership and preservation. Just because you own the disk, doesn’t mean you have access to the software on it. DRM, as well as the laws that make it viable, have been around since well before media was sold digitally. Physical copies of the Crew are no more playable now than digital. If you want to be able to keep your games, you need to buy DRM-free, whether that limits you to digital-only or not.

  On the other hand, if you want to actually own your games, we need to massively rework copyright law. The fact that a company can sell you a software licence, but add dozens of arbitrary restrictions on when, how and why you can use it is absurd, nonetheless the fact that its always non-transferable and revokable by the company for any reason. None of that should be legal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who would win in a fight, a Gorilla or a Bear of equal weight?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bears are predators evolved to hunt large game, primarily with brute force (unlike something like a big cat, which relies much more on ambushes).

  Gorrilas, as tough as they are, survive through intelligence. This means avoiding tough fights, and when absolutely needed, fighting as a troop rather than individualy.

  So bear. But…

  Does the Gorilla get time to prepare?

  The one advantage gorillas have is their intelligence. If both animals are given training, or tools, then I could see the gorilla potentially winning - mostly because a bear will struggle to get any use out of either, whereas a gorilla could be trained to fight much more effectively and possibly even make/use weapons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I feel guilty using AI? - Simon Clark⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My point, and the conclusion of the video is more of a “Probably, but its also not a big deal.” As he discusses, AI use isn’t completely insignificant, but much of the cost (in all aspects) is in R&D and hardware, rather than the results it produces. Its in the same vein as how yes, you should probably feel guilty for using a paper or disposable platic grocery bag over a reusable one, but even if everyone in the world did so, it would make little difference when companies (who do 99.99% of the damage) will continue doing the exact same thing at every opportunity. As AI is driven by speculation rather than by product sales, not using it doesn’t stop their IP theft, it may reduce their energy use but likely not a lot (esspecially factoring in human cost to complete a task), and it doesn’t stop these companies from manipulating our politics and walking over our laws.

  While, technically the video does agree that the answer is ‘Yes’, the majority of the video is about why that Yes needs a half-dozen asterisks. Simplifying it to just a ‘yes’ shifts blame away from the ones doing 99.9% of the damage onto individuals who do a tiny fraction of the damage, and who have much less understanding of or influence over the technology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I feel guilty using AI? - Simon Clark⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except it isn’t because the point of the video is in large part, that individual users have little influence over the AI companies. AI companies, as well as their investors and those meant to regulate them (not that those are separate groups) don’t particularly care about the miniscule current revenue to be made. They’re collectively gambling rule of law, money, the environment, ect. on the idea that they will make huge amounts of money when AI becomes a true general-purpose artificial intelligence. The way to fix this isn’t to not use AI (not that it doesn’t help), its to collectively stand against them and actually hold them accountable for their destruction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I feel guilty using AI? - Simon Clark⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tl;dw: Yes, but much like the idea of individual carbon footprints, putting the blame on individuals also directs away the the actions of those who invest in, direct, and (don’t) regulate AI companies. Individuals will have little-to-no impact unless there is collective action to regulate AI companies and hold them accountable for their destruction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My VPN on Android fails to reconnect automatically any time the connection is interupted. Why?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry for pulling you back to an old thread, but you wouldn’t happen to have any other ideas, would you? Since before, I’ve tried everything you suggested. Its an A53, so it really shouldn’t be having trouble with memory or such.

  I also found this older Reddit thread which describes basically the same thing, but all the comments are removed, if that helps: old.reddit.com/…/connectivity_issues_with_new_pho…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Lemmy only popular in the western World?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isolated as in only used by a specific region or culture. So in Weibo’s case, only in China with little connection to other countries. Another example would be 2Go, which was quite popular in Africa for years, but unlikely be to be known from anyone outside the region.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Lemmy only popular in the western World?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Stuff like Weibo are what I was refering to when I was saying more isolated platforms. A lot of regions have their own smaller social media platforms dominated by one or two cultures. As for Instagram and Facebook, those two are largely world-wide but often (again, massive generalization) less ubiquitous compared to social media in the west.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is Lemmy only popular in the western World?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Social media in general (as we think of it) is much more popular in western nations. Thats not to say those outside the west don’t use social media, but it tends to be much more dominated by group-chats (IE WhatsApp, Telegram) and by more isolated platforms or sections of platforms. Of the social media platforms we’ll be familiar with, it tends to be mostly just the most popular and established ones like Instagram, Facebook, and now Tiktok, rather than something still relatively niche and nerdy like Reddit (nonetheless Lemmy).

  All that said, again, this is a massive oversimplification talking broadly about trends. We’re talking about thousands of different cultures in entirely different countries and enviroments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you do if you encounter a skunk?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So you’re asking how to encouragd them to avoid you? Mostly, as you implied, you don’t want to suprise them. When you’re in the area, try and stay in the open, and if you can, make a bit of noise like whistling or that. They’ll naturally want to stay away where possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone recommend me a wireless headset?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have the wired version currently, but I need something wireless, and the wireless version is out of my budget unfortunately. $230 CAD.